YouTube & podcast transcript
Paste a link, get the words. YouTube videos with captions come back instantly: 5 free transcripts with no account, 5 a day with a free account, 20 a day on paid plans. Podcast episodes, RSS feeds, and direct audio files are transcribed by AI: a free account includes 15 minutes of audio every month, and paid plans raise that to 200 or 600 minutes.
YouTube videos with captions come back instantly: 5 free transcripts with no account, 5 a day with a free account. Podcast episodes and direct audio files are transcribed by AI: free accounts get 15 minutes a month.
What you can paste
- YouTube videos: the caption track is fetched directly, so the transcript lands in a second or two. Free to try: 5 transcripts with no account, 5 a day with a free account.
- Podcast episodes and RSS feeds: transcribed by the same speech models that power tautau dictation. Long episodes take a few minutes; the page polls for you and shows the transcript when it is ready.
- Direct audio files: any link that ends in an audio file (mp3, wav, m4a, webm) works the same way.
Captions versus AI transcription
When a YouTube video carries a caption track, you get exactly that: fast, free, and as accurate as whoever made the captions. When there are no captions, or the link is a podcast or audio file, tautau runs the audio through a hosted speech model instead. That path costs real compute, so it is metered in minutes and needs a free account. The result card always says which one you got.
Pick your source
Or skip the keyboard entirely
tautau puts a mic button next to every text field on the web. Click it, speak, and your words land in the box with punctuation handled. A free account gives you 5 dictations a day, no credit card required.